During his 37-year active duty and reserve career, Rosenker received numerous awards and decorations including the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster and the Legion of Merit.

During his career in civilian Federal service Mr. Rosenker received eight presidential appointments, three of which required Senate confirmation.

Rosenker subsequently wrote to Houle, sharing the Board's findings upholding the probable cause and contributing factors as presented in the original NTSB report.

Rosenker was Managing Director of the Washington, D.C. office for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) from Oct 1999 to January 2001 when he joined the White House Staff.

Prior to working for UNOS, Rosenker was the Vice President, Public Affairs for the Electronic Industries Association for 23 years.

[3] Since retiring from the NTSB, he has appeared as a keynote speaker at numerous aviation and other transportation industry events.

He famously blamed the pilot and airlines safety standards in the Boeing 737 Max Lion Air crash and said “Certainly in the United States they understand how to operate this aircraft”.